Greedy Execs?

November 25, 1985|By Laurel Fantis.

CHICAGO — When union members ask for higher wages for their labor, their demands are called inflationary. If they are air traffic controllers, they are fired. If they make trains, management shuts down the factory.

What scary word should we use to insult executives who demand multimillion-dollar parachutes to quit working? Who should we fire or what should we shut down to keep them under control? It would appear they are as replaceable and nonessential as any man on the assembly line. And I know whom to blame when the cost of living goes up.